Checkmk’s new Notification Hub – smart notifications for better cyber security
In a world of constantly evolving IT systems, effective management of alerts has become essential. Traditional methods have often led to information overload or, conversely, important alerts being overlooked. Checkmk 's new Notification Hub addresses these challenges by offering intelligent, configurable and scalable message management. It’s a solution that significantly increases the efficiency of cyber […]
IoT security challenges: How to protect the future of connected devices
The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly changing the way we function at home, at work and in public spaces. Smart refrigerators, lighting systems, medical devices or industrial machines that communicate with each other in real time all offer great convenience and efficiency. However, with these conveniences comes the growing risk of cyber attacks. Unfortunately, […]
Why is the public sector increasingly choosing F5 solutions? – 4 key reasons
Today, with the digitization of public services gaining momentum, the public sector is looking for effective solutions to ensure the security, efficiency and flexibility of their IT systems. F5, known for offering a wide range of application management and network security services, has become a key partner for many public institutions around the world. […]
Automatic service detection in Checkmk – how it works and what it gives administrators
One of the biggest challenges in IT monitoring is keeping monitoring configurations up to date. New services, new applications, changing server configurations – monitoring configured once quickly gets old and no longer reflects the actual state of the infrastructure. Checkmk solves this problem through an automatic service discovery (Service Discovery) mechanism that continuously scans monitored […]
ClickUp Dashboards – how to build reporting views for managers and the board of directors
Managers and management have one common question: what’s going on and are we on the right track? ClickUp Dashboards is a tool that answers this question visually, in real time, without having to collect data manually from various lists and projects. A well-built dashboard in ClickUp is the difference between „I have to check manually” […]
Certes Networks and cryptographic segmentation in industrial networks
Industrial networking (OT – Operational Technology) is one of the most challenging areas of cyber security. SCADA systems, PLCs, DCS systems and industrial IoT devices were designed for availability and determinism, not security. Many run on outdated protocols, don’t support encryption and can’t be updated without risking production downtime. Certes Networks offers an approach to […]
Next-generation NGFW – what differentiates Palo Alto firewall from classic network solutions
The term „Next-Generation Firewall” (NGFW) appears in the marketing of many vendors, but not all vendors mean the same thing by it. The classic definition of NGFW (Gartner, 2009) included state inspection, application and user identification, and integration with IPS systems. From the beginning, Palo Alto Networks had its own, more ambitious vision of what […]
WAF in F5 – how the application firewall works and what it protects against
A Web Application Firewall (WAF) is one of the key security components of any organization with web applications accessible from the Internet. Unfortunately, „we have a WAF” doesn’t always mean „we’re protected” – many WAF deployments operate in „monitor only” mode, have outdated signatures or are configured so carefully that they let most attacks through. […]
Skyvia Backup – how to automatically archive data from cloud applications
Data in the cloud is safe. This is one of the most dangerous myths in IT – which is regularly verified by painful reality when an organization discovers that its Salesforce, HubSpot or Jira data has been accidentally deleted, and the SaaS provider does not have a granular backup to restore a specific record from […]
How Barracuda detects and blocks BEC (Business Email Compromise) attacks
Business Email Compromise (BEC) is one of the costliest types of cybercrime in the world today. The FBI IC3 estimates that global losses from BEC attacks exceeded $2.9 billion in 2023 – and that’s just the reported incidents. What makes BEC so dangerous? These attacks bypass traditional spam filters because they don’t contain malicious links […]
